Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game
Details
- Release date: January 23, 2026
- Genre: Board Game
- Developer: Chaos Crew, Thomas Friedrich Eberhard
- Publisher: Thomas Friedrich Eberhard
- Metacritic: tbd tbd
- Platforms: Steam
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Description
Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game is a fast, tactical sci-fi TCG that connects two worlds at once: digitally on PC and as a physical card game. Both versions share the same unique ruleset — no mana, hidden card placement, tactical zone control, and monthly rotating battlefields.
Choose your opening hand, outplay opponents through timing, bluffing and positioning, and fight across shifting strategic battlefields.
🚀 A Hybrid TCG Across Digital and Physical Play
Star Squadrons aims to become the first fully connected digital + physical TCG ecosystem:
Play digitally on Steam
and earn physical rewards through digital performance.Play physically at local events
and later sync your local competitive success into the global online ranking.
Digital play builds skill, visibility, and rankings — physical play builds community, events, and progression.
Both sides reinforce each other and form one unified trading card game experience.
🧠 Pure Strategy — Without Resource Frustration
No mana
No resource system
No dead draws and minimal downtime
Hidden card placement = constant mindgames
Players choose their opening hand
Victory comes from tactical zone superiority, not lifepoints
🌌 Monthly Rotating Battlefields
Each month introduces a new battlefield with changing tactical zones that influence combat and strategy — keeping the meta fresh, competitive, and evolving.
🏆 Global Online Ranking (Starting March 2026)
Fast online matches
Private matches
Monthly competitive ladders
Worldwide leaderboards
Seasonal resets
Your ranking performance directly ties into Play-2-Claim physical rewards.
📦 Physical Play-2-Claim Rewards
Starting March 2026, the Top 50 global digital players earn real, limited physical promo cards delivered worldwide.
All Star Squadrons promos are:
high-quality
foil-finished
strictly limited
collectible
non-pay-to-win
A physical reward system unique to Star Squadrons:
💫 Kickstarter 2026 — Physical Release
The physical version is already used today in official local tournaments and events.
The August 2026 Kickstarter (physical products — not part of the Steam version) will introduce:
retail-ready physical starter sets
exclusive launch promos
a serialized premium box with foil card set
December 2025 / January 2026
Steam Introversion Launch
March 2026
Full Alpha Version (complete core gameplay)
April 2026
Global Online Ranking launches
Top 50 Play-2-Claim Rewards begin
(physical promo cards sent via mail)
May 2026
Monthly Battlefield Rotations begin
23rd August 2026
Kickstarter: Physical Starter Sets, Promos & Premium Box
Pre-Enlist for a physical reward:
⭐ Play Free in 2026
Star Squadrons is 100% free on Steam throughout 2026 to build a strong, competitive community.
No card purchases, no booster packs yet, no pay-to-win — just pure strategy.